It's about 1:30 here right now and we've all just eaten lunch. I finally have a second to myself to have some devotion and prayer. Today has gone pretty well so far. I met alot of the kids in the Children's program and thankfully everything went well with the snacks! I also got to spend some more time with the little girl in my group. She's so sweet and she finally knows my name and lets me hold her. There's a picture of us in the right hand corner that I took today. I'm also getting to know the 18 year old girl better too and she's fun to talk to.
The two older girls and I got to talking today about my life back home and stuff and they really feel for me too, because I gave them the whole story about how my boyfriend is away in Ireland for 2 weeks and I think they feel bad. They couldn't believe I couldn't even text him. I can't either! It's kind of like what we learned earlier in the week - how it's hard for some of these children's routines to be broken or changed. That's a feeling I can relate to really well right now. I'm so used to my life back home or even how other camps work and other summertime activities that this is really taking it's toll on me. It's finally really starting to kick in how much I miss everyone and just being home. And I miss Daniel alot. (If you haven't already, go see his pictures on facebook. They are so amazing!) A part of my daily routine was always talking to/texting him and now I can't.
I really do think God is trying to stretch me in ways that I don't even know yet. It's not easy necessarily but there's a reason and I already feel like I'm growing alot. God really wants my focus on Him and the families this week, and His will is going to be done. I don't even have time for distractions! I barely have time for this.
One of my main goals for this week is going to be getting the teenagers more focused on God and getting them to want to listen and be apart of everything. I want them to want to go to the youth program and learn about God. So I'll be working on that. And then another goal is to continue to help them in any way whatsoever that will give them a break and give them time to relax. For instance the 17 year old is always in charge of the little baby girl and it's not really fair to her. She never gets a second to herself or to relax. So I want to help with that as much as I can.
Ok I have to save some time for prayer and then it's time to go swimming with the family! I love you all and hopefully I can write more tonight! :)
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